'twas me. I believe you pay for what you believe someone can do for you. Why on earth would you give someone crazy money because of something he did for another team? The Nats overpaid for duds like LoDuca and Estrada by the numbers they put up for other teams rather than look at Estrada weighing 350 pounds and Walnuts coming off the juice.
That was 10 million dollars well spent.... 
You're using two examples (possibly rare examples) to support your case. The reality is that contracts are always based on what you have done in the past (see arbitration contracts). Can you imagine a team telling A-Rod or Peavy that they will not even consider what they have done in previous seasons and will only pay them what they
believe they are worth to them in the future?
What he said- If LoDuca was worth 5 million, perhaps a future no. 2 pitcher under contract for essentially nothing per year is worth 10 million
That's sound logic.
An agent wouldn't make a statement like that which can be rebutted so easily by a team if it wasn't true. Plus, this happens a lot.
Of course not. Agents are fine people. They are beyond doing or saying anything that could be even slightly untrue.
